COOKIE POLICY
Effective Date: 10 July 2025
Last updated: 07 July 2025
1 · What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They serve various purposes—from allowing a site to remember your login session to measuring how you interact with pages.
2 · Why We Use Cookies
- Essential Cookies – Enable core features such as secure login, shopping-cart retention, and CSRF protection.
- Analytics Cookies – Help us understand site performance and improve user experience (e.g., Google Analytics 4).
- Preference Cookies – Store language, dark/light mode, and other interface settings.
- Marketing Cookies – Set by us or trusted partners to deliver or limit advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness. These are deployed only with your consent.
3 · Cookie Table
| Cookie Type | Name / Provider | Purpose | Retention | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | PHPSESSID (Views4You) |
Maintains secure session & cart state | Session (deleted on browser close) | Contract performance (GDPR Art. 6 1(b)) |
| Essential | XSRF-TOKEN (Views4You) |
CSRF protection for form submissions | Session | Legitimate interest (Art. 6 1(f)) |
| Analytics | _ga, _gid (Google Analytics 4) |
Visitor statistics & site performance | 14 months | Consent (Art. 6 1(a)) |
| Preference | lang_pref (Views4You) |
Stores chosen language | 12 months | Consent |
| Marketing | _fbp (Meta Pixel) |
Ad attribution & retargeting | 90 days | Consent / Opt-in |
4 · Managing Your Preferences
When you first visit our site, a cookie banner will ask you to:
- “Accept All” – activate all non-essential cookies;
- “Reject All” – keep only essential cookies;
- “Customise” – granular control per category.
You may change or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer or by adjusting your browser settings.
Global Privacy Control (GPC): If your browser sends a GPC or Sec-GPC header, we automatically disable marketing cookies in jurisdictions where this signal is recognised (e.g., California, Colorado, Connecticut).
5 · Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services integrated into our site (e.g., YouTube embedded videos, payment gateways). We review vendor compliance and require contractual safeguards (Standard Contractual Clauses or UK IDTA) for cross-border transfers.
6 · Updates to This Policy
We may amend this Cookie Policy to reflect legal or operational changes. The “Last updated” date will be revised accordingly, and material changes will be announced via the cookie banner.
7 · Contact Us
Questions? Contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO):
privacy@views4you.com